{"id":90509,"date":"2014-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/durban-then-now-1954-vs-2014\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:52:10","slug":"durban-then-now-1954-vs-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/durban-then-now-1954-vs-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban Then &#038; Now &#8211; 1954 vs 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the interest in the <a title=\"Cape Town Then &amp; Now\" href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/cape-town-then-now-1954-vs-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cape Town<\/a> and <a title=\"Joburg Then &amp; Now\" href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/johannesburg-now-1954-vs-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Johannesburg<\/a> Then &amp; Now videos, we felt it would be a travesty of the first order to leave out a Durban Then &amp; Now. So we set out to recreate Durban scenes of the past in the same location 60 years later.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Has a lot changed in the sunny city over the last 6 decades? <a title=\"Travelstart Youtube subscribe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/travelstartchannel?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe <\/a>to our channel to see more awesome videos.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch the video<\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YKJzyootUcw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/durban\/flights\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Durban-Flights-Banner1-11.07.2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Durban Main Beach Front<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.47.05-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-33301 aligncenter\" title=\"Durban Beachfront \" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.47.05-PM.png\" alt=\"Comparing the Durban beachfront over 60 years.\" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Beachfront has always been the epicentre of accessible outdoor entertainment in Durban<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">View from Golden Sands Hotel<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.46.45-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33300\" title=\"View from Golden Sands Hotel\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.46.45-PM.png\" alt=\"View from Golden Sands Hotel\" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Dr Pixley KaSeme Street (West Street)<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.47.17-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33302\" title=\"West Street \" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.47.17-PM.png\" alt=\"West Street \" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Dr Pixley KaSeme Street (formerly West Street) signals the centre of town under it&#8217;s new name honouring a\u00a0hero of the struggle and former president of the ANC.<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">New Beach<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.47.32-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33303\" title=\"View of New Beach\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.47.32-PM.png\" alt=\"View of New Beach\" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.47.44-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33304\" title=\"View of New Beach\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.47.44-PM.png\" alt=\"View of New Beach\" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Long characterised by high-rise hotel blocks and the piers which straight-arrow their way into the surf, the face of Durban&#8217;s Golden Mile has changed dramatically in recent years; the most significant developments being the Moses Mabhida Stadium, \u00a0Suncoast Casino and <a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/wet-n-wild-ushaka-marine-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">uShaka Marine World<\/a> near South Beach.<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Beachfront Restaurant<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.48.39-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33307\" title=\"Beachfront Restaurant \" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.48.39-PM.png\" alt=\"Beachfront Restaurant \" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.49.07-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33308\" title=\"Beachfront Restaurant \" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.49.07-PM.png\" alt=\"Beachfront Restaurant \" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Warwick Junction<\/h2>\n<h3>In what is arguably South Africa&#8217;s most authentic African marketplace, Warwick Junction is a mashup of merchants selling everything from traditional &#8216;muti&#8217; to music and fresh produce.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.49.21-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33309\" title=\"Warwick Junction\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.49.21-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.49.36-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33310\" title=\"Warwick Junction\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.49.36-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.49.52-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-33311\" title=\"Warwick Junction\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-4.49.52-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">More Then &amp; Now videos<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Check out these other videos in which we celebrate the past and present of other South African cityscapes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Cape Town Then and Now\" href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/cape-town-then-now-1954-vs-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cape Town Then &amp; Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/johannesburg-now-1954-vs-2014\/\">Johannesburg Then &amp; Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Remember to <a title=\"Travelstart Subscribe\" href=\" http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/travelstartchannel?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe<\/a> to our channel to see more awesome videos. Production company: Para Film productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the interest in the Cape Town and Johannesburg Then &amp; Now videos, we felt it would be a travesty of the first order to leave out a Durban Then &amp; Now. So we set out to recreate Durban scenes of the past in the same location 60 years later. What do you think? 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